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Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-09-22

AitCi tAlC Odbi d COuDle OF
tunes, Captain George B. Katzenstein took
the stand, and, after complimenting the
city for the generous hospitality that had
been manifested upon every side by citi-
zens generally, introduced Mayor Gregory.
The Mayor, IN a few well-chosen re-
marks, said he felt complimented by the
honor of being called upon to bid welcome
to Sacramento city the Sir Knights of CAL
lfornia. He said Sacramento ever fos-
tered those benevolent institutions, as
her many and 1ourishing Orders of
fraternal organizations would bear evil
dence. Sacramento was hospitable city,
ana her citizens were proud of their hospi-
tally. They were able to give and thew
gave freely. They felt their prosperity and
were willing TO share it with those who
came among them, as did the Sir Knights.
Sacramento was people who loved their
homes, and their latch string was ALWAYS
hung out to their friends. a Sacramentan
was never pleased except when he was
entertaining and making il pleasant for the
stranger within his gates. The Sir Knights
had by their military bearing, their
excellent conduct. their gentlemanly de-
meanor, and the precepts of their organiza-
ton, won the hearts of this people If the
visitors were pleased with their treatment,
| that knowledge of itself was pleasure to
| the citizens of the Capital City. As an evil
dence that the Knights lad won the hearts
| OF this people, he referred to the fact that
| the camp had been frequently and in some
| instances regularly visited by the beauty OF
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

Terre Haute Special: A lew daye
ago. while boring Ior water on the farm
OF Mr.. g. w. Benent. few miles ease
OF Terre Haute, now Of natural gas
Vas discovered at = depth Of AS feet.
Il came In such volume that, when light.
cd, there Was name several feet II
height. Some. ears ago. before the val.
ue Of natural gss wss recognized, 0ne
discharge Of i In sinking The artesian
we'll here was considered : nuisance.
Even now the water o the bath-houss 9
90 charged with gas that Il II utilized
IN heating the boilers. Prof John Cox
lett said the gas discovered q the we'll,
II properly diverted, would - sullcisut
10 supply the city. The search for gas
In the city BY : company formed for the
purpose has now reached 600 feet. A.
Il The Bsment farm, when d0Wo lo0
feet, Z thick vein Of coal even thicker
than the veins mined u Clay county
was passed through.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

Only seven bills Of public interest
we're passed by the House aud sent 70
the Senate for its action. OF these the
Jewett bill, mentioned above, alone be-
came law.
The following failed:
4. BY Reynolds: Establishing high
license and local option. Every Repub-
lican Senator refused 20 vote on mo-
tion 70 suspend The rules for its passage.
2. By Reynolds; Repeating the tele-
phone law. Indefinitely postponed.
3. By Peasants: Concerning the
rate OF interest on school funds. Not
The following. Of the seven House bills
above referred 20 were passed by the
Senate and returned 10 the House for en-.
Irollnent and the signature Of Speaker
sayre; , :, . bn, The House refused g receive
BY Buckles: To stamp out pIeuro'
Ipneumonia and create = livestock com.
Imi-sion.
2 By Morse: Amending the me-
lchanics lien law.
By Jewett: To prevent transfer
lof claims for unjust garnishment.
The following bills passed the House
but after the passage the Republican ma
ljority OF that body refused to permit
their transmission to the Senate for III
action. and thus they were defeated:
!. By Foster: For the protection ol
lquaiIs aud pheasants.
2. By Foster: fee and salary bill
3. BY Griffith: A civil service bin.
4. By StolI: For the destruction o.
thistles aud weeds.
s. By Barnes: Against the sale o.
lpe rnicious liieraturr-
8. BY Gardiner: Providing for thu
study OF the effects ~ alcoholic drinks Of
the human system. etc.
=. By Patton: Against paying oveI
three cents per mile railroad fare.
8. BY Grose: For the better govern
Iment OF the benevolent Institutions.
3. BY Nolin: Regulating the State
militia
10 By Mock: Amending the drain
age law.
III. BY Robinson: Concerning th'
Operation Of coal mines
~. BY Conger: Establishing . me
bureau.
13 By Griffiih: For . bureau Of Ia
Dor ststistics.
IA. By Niblack: Creating an appel!
late court.
u.s. By KerchevaI: Providing for 4
board OF registry and the registration O.
electors.
is. BY Caven: Providing for taxa.
tion TO repay expenditures on the State
house.
The House failed to report or pas.
either loan bin or IN appropriation
bill. and refused 10 receive similar meas
ures which has already been passed By
the Senate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

! The law passed BY Congress last win.
ter prohibiting The importation OF con-
tract labor has just gone into effect. The
authorities at Washington have instruct-
ed the Federal officers 10 enforce this
new measure siriDgently. The object Of
the law Is TO prevent capitalists in this
country from going 10 Europe and EN-.
pIo, ing pauper labor a. European wages
to be brought here to compete with the
American laborer. The contract system
of labor. which this bill prevents, hss
been disgrace to the country. Il was
during Republican suprem-
acy, aud has done more than any 0thcr
|0ne thing TO lower wages in this coun.
try. While the Republican party has
been pressing its demands for . protec-
tive tariff for the bemofIt Of the American
laborer, ss II alleged, on the one hand. it
has on the other fostered the idea, and
through its influence built up : system
or labor which can be none other than
detrimental to the workman's best In.
terests. This system the Democrats
party has pledged itself to break down.
and il is doing IL successfully. But few
years will pass bv until the laborer will
have no competition Of the contrast
system" kind TO antagonize him. The
law IL : judicious one. In that Il does not
hinder the immigrant who comes hers
With the intention OF making Il IL home,
and who has rot already been bought.
body and soul. by some shark Of On en-.
3Ioyer. Ii will have no effect whatever
on legitimate immigration. The Demo-
cratic party has good reason TO congrat-
|ulate itself; In that, its leaders IN Con.
gress have taken this move 20 break
down one Of the most hurtjul systems Of
labor ever established in any com.
Let the good work 60 on
kockport Democrat.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

The following patents were granted
for the week ending April s, 1887. re-
ported expressly for this paper by jos.
II. Hunter, Solicitor Of American and
Foreign Patents, Washington, ID. q.
G. K. Anderson, La Porte. fence ma
chine: A. b. Austin, Fl. Wayne. dust
pan; j. B. Bennett & f. w. Samuels,
indianapolis. target trap; g. q. +. Bos-
well. indianapolis. stalk harvester; Il. y
Brown, Indianapolis, air pump; w. n.
Brown. indianapolis, jail or prison; 9.
:. Glow. North indianapolis, scythe
sns,h coupling; M. X Cory, Richmond,
sleeve protector; K. +. Fisher, Delphi.
wardrobe hook; q. w. Tunnel, Logans-
port, door clamp; r Al. & 5. z. Love,
wire fence machine; Amos
Umionport, gold mining de-
vice J. N. Moore aud A. l. Miller, Low
Ell, car coupling; o. X. Patterson. Willis
Grove, combined square and level; z
e Sweeney, Pierceton, corn planter; II.
II. Wilson, Huntington, table leaf sup
port.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

The Interstate Commerce act went in,
to effect Tuesday. II II now unlawful
for any railway corporation engaged IN
inter-state transportation Of passengers
or freight -
TO make unjust or unreasonable
charges.
TO give preferences or make discrimi.
rations by "any special rate, rebate
draw back or other DEVICE
To demand : greater gross charge for
4 short than : long haul Of freight o.
paasenRers over the same line sundel
substantially simiIar circumstances"
To enter into pooling agreements with
competing lines.
To grant free passes to any persons
but railroad officers and employees.
Every company 10 required TO make
its rates public and to adhere strictly 70
them while they remain in force.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15
A sample Of the Rates Under the
Interstate Bill.

vlneennes Sun.
Speculation - 10 the charges or ill.,
railroads nder the Interstate Com
merce Bill 10 not confined 10 busineae
men merely. but the general public u
Interested. from the tact that some per-
sons claim the railroad rates will b
raised 50 high that the cost Of the ne
cessaries OF Life will be proportionately
advanced This need not cause imme-
diate worry, ~ the "Iong and short
haul" clause Of the bill has been tempo
rariIy suspended.
On the q. b NJ. road the bill has bad
the effect Of re0ucing the rate, q u
shown BY the following which Wo take
from the Louisville Courier-J Journal Of
Sundays:
The Ohio and Mississippi and the J..
M. 4 1. railroads yesterday received
their tariff rates on freight, under the
provisions Of the Interstate Commerco
bill. The rates, both state and inter-
state, are given, and some very import
ant changes are made. On both roads,
prices from this city 10 al points reached
by either are greatly reduced, the de-
crease are varying from 30 to 80 per
cent. These sheets will be placed in the
depot OF each road, where al shippers
can consult them whenever they choose.
The distance to every point IL furnished
and also the rate for any distance. BY
comparing the two the shipper can flnd
exactly what he will have 10 pay. a
reduction Of freights IL accomplished ID
another way. On each road the number
heads under which freights ID classified
is changed and according 10 the new
scale many kinds Of freight srs placed h
. lower classification than formerly
With . reduction both ways the ship
pers are hound to be greatly benefited.
An example or two will show. Loogo6-
tee is very important shipping point
on the Ohio and Mississippi. The %. b
M. under the new tariff has elk classif-
cations, instead Of twelve % formerly.
The comparative table Of rates from Loo
gootee to Louisville will be q follows:
CLAssIFIcATIoNs. Il 23 4 s 80
New tariff, - 20 25 IL IA IL
Old tariff. 81 ~ 40 81
This table shows that where formerly
Il cost fity-seven cents per hundred
pounds TO ship freight to Loogootee it
now costs only thirty-four cents. On
the other classes the per centage Of re-
ductions IL about the same. No road
will give either passenger or freight rates
10 any point beyond its own lines, but
will have to receive the tariff sheets Of
other roads before they can do %.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

Secretary Of State Chas. r. GrifIin hal
sent circulars 10 the Township Trusieel
all over the State, informing them Of th<
enactment Of the rigid stock law by thu
late Legislature, and that II Is now Ia
force. and that each Trustee should have
copy, and that for the small sum Of one
dollar, he will send them : certified
copy. II the Trustees would aIl bite he
would catch over $1,000 BY his little
scheme. But ss will te seen by reading
II, the law only applies 10 those town
ships in which The County Commission
ers have failed to designate what class ol
animals may run at large. Is there "a
order OF record in Dubois county - Il
each township The following is thu
law referred 10. and our township Trus.
tees can read It without paying the dol
lar:
AN ACT 70 regulate che takins MP Or ami.
mal~ that run It large. and declaring "a
Emergency.
fAPPRovED March =, 1881
SECTION l. Be il enacted BY the Gen.
eral Assembly Of the State of Indiana
That il is hereby made the duty Of All
Road Supervisors, upon view, or inf0r-
nation, 10 cause al horses, mules. cattle,
sheep, goats or swine found running ~
large upon the roads. commons, or unin-
closed lands. within their respective dis
tricta, which are not authorized TO run at
large BY order Of the Board OF County
Commissioners, - by law provided, 70
be imponnded. and such other proceed
ings had as required BY the provisions
OF Chapter u of the Revised Statutes OF
1881, being an act concerning Auisnals
running 1t large. II any such Road
super visor shall fail to perform such
duty, he shall be fined not less than one
nor more than five dollars for each and
every offense, and the Trustee Of the
township Is hereby authorized and re-
quired 10 retain any unpaid fines or
costs from any sum that may be due and
unpaid 10 such supervisor for services
rendered in his official capacity.
SECTION 2. Whereas, an emergency
exists for the immediate taking effect Of
this act, therefore the same shall be 10
force from and after its passage.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15
A Foolish Boy Succeed in Com
mitting Suicide ON the Second
Attempt.

Evansville Courier. 10th.
! On "Wednesday last . young man
NAMED Daily, son Of DIR. Daily, Of Rock.
port. Ind. and company arrived ia thia
lefty, and IL Is said commenced drink ing,
and also spent considerable time Thurs
day playing pool, aud induIging in
other games for money. Young Daily
liz said 10 have had ID his possession fifty
doIIars. which had al been squandered,
and Friday night the young man found
himself "broke.v
| Late that night he and his companion
we're 10 Thomas saloon, on Main street,
lyonng Daily being 50 completely under
THE influence OF liquor that he sat down
lin chair and fell asleep. While in this
'conf iiion some one in the room discov-
erred pistol on bis person. which was
taken out Of his pocket and the cartridges
Extracted. After sleeping of his stupor
young Daily called for another drink.
but this was refused and The young man
became indignant. Finding that he
could get no more liquor Daily stepped
Ior staggered behind : large refrigerator,
where he was entirely out Of sight OF
those In the room. While there the snap-
ping Of . pistol was heard aud Mr..
rbomas stepped around TO see what was
going on, when he discovered Young
Daily with the pistol 20 his head and al
tempting to discharge IL, but the timely
removal Of the loads saved his lite a this
time.
| After this be was taken to his lodg-
Iings, where he remained until Yesterday
morning. when he visited numerous "a.
a lad
In tnc afternoon he called at the Annex
saloon. on Second street, and asked for
whisky. which was set ont bat before
pouring out the dram. he took from his
lpocker q powder, which he deposited ia
the glass, and ts.en drank Il. Mr.. Geeu
then asked him what he was doing. "a
which he replied: Il have been having
chiIIs, and am taking Quinine.r
| From there he went directly to Tai.
bots barber shop. and prepared himself
TO be shaved. He was shown 10 chair
which he took, and the barber proceeded
10 business, and soon had his Job com
'pleted, but when the time came fos
Daily 70 assume . sitting position. Il was
discovered that he was sleeping 50
soundly that he could not be awakened
Alter repeated attempts to revive the
supposed slumberer, physi was
called, when Il was soon discovered that
the supposed sleep Was Daily's last one
Whom II became known that Il was I
case OF suicide, the police wagon was
sent for and the dying man taken 70 the
city hospital, where every possible ef.
tort was made 10 revive him, but he
lived only : short time after his arrival
There.
\ "A dispatch was sent TO DR.. Daily i'm.
lmediatcly, and he will arrive this morn.
Ing and take charge OF the remsins
which are stIll q the hospital.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

In the United States there are 2269
hreweries. which produce annually 169,-
$50. .4OD gallons, or over seven gallons
per head. IN Germany there ere 3D.
$40 hreweries which produce annually
800, ,OOO. .O0O gallons. or over twenty GAL
Ions per head. II Great Britain there nre
262l4 breweries, which produce l.05O.-
00O,O0U gallons. or over thirty galloms
per head.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

indianapolis Sentinel.
Natural gss reached at Jonesboro
Grant county. Thursday night. The
around the we'll 10 brilliantly >
lighted up by the burning gas, and. Of
course, everybody is correspondingly
jubilant.
The Hartford City gas well seems to
he attracting capitalists to that city.
Y yesterday farm Of 800 acres Was sold
near the corporation line for 5000 pei
acre. All the cities In the gas belt seem
"a be enjoying boom.
The gas wcll Of Alexandria : thriving
town or Madison county. gives indica'
sions Of an inexhaustible supply. In re-.
cent mention of the vsrious gss booms
Of Indiana IN the Sentinel the one thai
prevails At Alexandria was unintention'
ally omitted.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

Plks County Democrat
The r.. ~. railroad tax, or WashlMgs
ton township, will have 20 Be paid. The
suit brought 20 enjein the Treasurer
from collecting the same was dismissed
81 ne plaintld o. last Wednesday.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

jay Gould q now Democrat In Mia
souri, : Republican IN Illinois, and
doubtful In Indiana. The passage Of the
Interstate Commerce bill would add
fresh complications % his political con-
victIons.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

ArEs or ADvERT'sEIN0.
- sousre. 10 lines or less, week. 81 90
rsch snbseouent insertion, as cts
Longer advert scmentsa at the same rate.
4 traction over even square or squares,
counted as a square. These are the terms
sor TRANSIENT advertisements; . reasona-
hle deduction will be made to regular
advertisers.
Notices OF appointment OF admins
rstors an 4 legal notices Of like character
70 be paid in advance.
AxNoUNcING CANDIDATES.
For Township Officers, each el.O
For County z'oU @
For District, Circuit, or State BOO
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

Barnum's $4,000 damage suit against
The Grand Trunk railroad, iof killing
j umbo, was ct for trial Monday last.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

THE following discourse was sent to
ID. N. LichIyter, BY his friend J. J. Grant,
Of TiIford, Ills, and st his request We
publish IL.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1887-04-15

JASPER, INDIANA.
CvOILECTIONsin IN shis and adjoining Counties. and
~ other legal business attended 20 With care ana
''sS1 ''osSF1'TSiicE-south side OF Public square. over
che Postofnce.
November 26th. 1855
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-18

l suffered little less on this trip, and
Curtis was the angel who came to my
relief.
On our way home we came across a
section of the buffalo herd. They ran
in the direction we wished to go,
and we gave chase. Among them
was COW and calf. The COW had a
broken leg, which Topped about in the
air as she ran. She fell behind and was
killed by the soldiers. Curtis killed the
calf. Killed it, of course, in honorable
battle. have seen few sadder sights
than the look of silent pleading that
that poor orphan calf gave Curtis with
Its deep blue eyes as he came up within
i've feet of it and fired the final shot.
This was the last considerable herd of
buffalo known to be in existence. Many
OF the animals were killed during the
rail- or winter, and the remainder were
scattered. Occasionally, even now, a
small detachment, consisting of dozen
or more, are encountered by hunters,
but the race is practically extinct. |
have never killed buffalo. When
saw the sad look of the calf slain by Cur
It's | was glad | had not. l lever shall
go buffalo hunting again, but if l ever
should go l could not wish for more
companionable gentlemen than w. E.
Curtis, Maj. Bell and Lieut.. Mann,
who were with us on that trip.
The soldiers who accompanied us
with an army wagon brought in the
game. We were Hospitality entertained
by Lieut.. Mann for three or four days
while recovering from the fatigues of
our trip. G. A. LoUNSBERRY.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-18

happily were they welcomed in the city
of the golden goose. The races were
similar, though some say better than
the Grand Forks. Perhaps more eXcit-
ing than horse racing have been and
are the
RED RIVER vALLY LEAGUE
games of the obdurate ball. The daily
games are announced here, inning after
inning, on bulletin board in front of
Secretary Lander's Office, around which
crowds congregate and bets are eXcit-
edly made on the home team and its
competitor. Great was the diSappoint-
ment at the manner in which the Fergus
club did WhitewaSh us. The first games
played here were easy victories for the
home team. When they found Fergus
prepared to wipe out the score, they are
supposed to have lost their heads some
what or as they say here ''got ratified"
The play at Wahpeton was watched
with gorgeous zeal. When six innings
passed of and the goose eggs" were
twelve, cheering commenced. 1t was
rather anticipated that Wahpeton would
tiatten us ont. When the final sum-
mary stood Grand Forks to Wahpeton
0. the sports got out the toy eannons and
fired salute of eighteen guns, between
the interval of heavens artillery roar.
GAS IT Is.
The long controversy as to how Grand
Forks will be lit up is solved. The
contending gas companies, one headed
by Secretary Mccormack, and the other
by Capt. Griggs. have done the correct
thing, eoalesced. and all is peace as of
yore. The electric light plant of DR..
Teel is taken into the new deal, and the
Dakota Gas and Fuel company, which
has the contract with the city. will light
the streets and public buildings with
electric lights, and private residences,
business places, etc., with either, as
parties prefer. We will not be in the
darkness of kerosene long.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-06-18
Assessment for Grading the
Street Next to the Missis-
sippi River

OFFICE BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS, {
'ClTf OF 81. PAUL,Minn.,Jane II, 1SS7.J
The Board of Public Works in and
for the corporation of the city of st.
Paul, Minnesota, will meet at their Of
flee in said city at 2 p. m, on the 27th
day of June, A. d. 1887, to make an as
sesSment of benefits, costs and expenses
arising from grading the street next
to the Mississippi river to a partial
grade, from Chestnut street to James
street, in said city,. grading TO "a
top width of thirty-three (33) feet, !,
with the necessary shore protec-s
ton and culVert, OH the property living
within the lines described as follows,
to-wlt: Commencing at the intersection
OF Chestnut street with the Mississippi;
river; thence along Chestnut street.
nOrthwesterIy to the right OF way of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad
company and the right of way of theI
Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis a Omaha
Railroad company; thence southerly
along said right of way to the MiSsiS-
sIppi river; thence northeasterly along
the bank of the Mississippi river to the
place of beginning; also on the 81 of
block 46. Rice & IrYine's addition. and on
lots to II, inclusive, block 30, subdiyis-
ion OF blocks Is and 90. Stinson, Brown
d Ramsey's Addition, in the city of ST.
Paul, Minnesota, and deemed benefited
thereby, amounting in the aggregate
to s69, 234.
All persons interested are hereby no
titled to be present at said time and
place of making said assessment. and
will be heard !
All assessment notices heretofore
given have been annulled.
r. L. GORMAN, Presidents
Official: w. f. ERWIN. s
169-170 Clerk Board of Public Works.